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VERSATILE MO ACCOUNTS FOR SPRINTING CONTEST DOUBLE FOR T E WARD Daughter of Percentage Makes Fast Time at Sportsmans Park Khar Fair First Home in Fourth at atCicero Cicero Two Tricks and Jubilee JubileeC C Among Purse Winners CICERO 111 Oct 20 The versatile Mo which runs over distances of ground or sprints with equal facility carried the col ¬ ors of II J Moran to another victory when she accounted for the Blue Island Purse a test of seven furlongs which served as to ¬ days feature at Sportsmans Park It was the third victory of the meeting for the daughter of Percentage and her eighth of the year and in guiding her under the wire in front jockey T E Ward completed a double for himself Mo came from behind Shining Heels pace and won by a length and a half the latter taking the place a similar margin before Rich Cream Easy Sailing which ran fourth and Little Drift were the only other contestants contestantsMo Mo second choice in the wagering to Shin ¬ ing Heels was always close up and able to save ground early She attempted to get through on the inside of Shining Heels after threeeighths and being unsuccessful later was brought to the outside where she launched the charge that ultimately gave her victory victorySHINING SHINING HEELS BEATEN BEATENShining Shining Heels held on well after being overtaken in the drive but could not handle the winner even though she was able to hold Rich Cream safe Easy Sailing did not fgiure strongly in the running of the fea ¬ ture while Little Drift eliminated herself by bearing out badly on the first turn turnThe The race was run under ideal weather and track conditions and Mo ran the seven fur ¬ longs in 129 one of the fastest perform ¬ ances of the meeting The pleasant weather and attractive card combined to attract another large weekday gathering to the local course courseThe The fourth race another of the better events on the card resulted in a victory for Khar Fair owned by H King which got up near the end of the seven furlongs to win by a head Chance Queen which had shown the way through most of the early furlongs held on stubbornly in the drive but just failed to last although taking the place a length and a half before the favorite Black River The winner was guided by T E Ward and paid 5 to 1 in the mutuels mutuelsHAKDEARNED HAKDEARNED VICTORV VICTORVMrs Mrs M Sheppards Tracker making only his second start of the year scored a hard earned victory in the first race It was con ¬ tested at seven furlongs and under the urg ¬ ing of Albert Bodiou the Sun Briar gelding wore down the paccmaking Little Duke near the end to score by a half length Little Duke hung on doggedly in the drive but simply was not equal to the challenge of Tracker which was second choice in the Continued on thirtyfourth page VERSATILE MO ACCOUNTS FOR SPRINTING CONTEST Continued from first page betting to the runnerup Thelma DOr was third to complete the distance with Mag ¬ nolia Cash next nextThe The locally owned Two Tricks performing under the silks of the Wesley Sears Farm and carrying the bulk of public support scored a onesided victory over seven fur ¬ longs in the second event With Willie Page at the reins the veteran Brooms mare took a big lead early and never seriously threat ¬ ened crossed the line of finish with an ad ¬ vantage of five lengths over the runnerup Blakeen was second and Caleb third thirdJubilee Jubilee C owned by G Anderson proved himself much the best in the third This juvenile son of Brown Bud ridden by Robert Conley broke well but dropped back im ¬ mediately after the start After going a quarter however the Anderson youngster began to move up steadily and getting to the front just after entering the stretch drew away fast to win by four lengths Oak Park accounted for second money with Port Girl next
